A common bacteria is fuelling millions of cases of stomach cancer worldwide – but screening may turn the tide, experts have said.Scientists from the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) ...

Switzerland's medical products authority has granted the first approval for a malaria medicine designed for small infants, touted as an advance against a disease that takes hundreds of thousands of ...

If Congress approves canceling $1 billion in federal funding for the U.N. system, experts say it will exacerbate a financial ...

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A new COVID-19 variant named "Nimbus" has been detected in the U.S. and is spreading rapidly. Here's what to know about symptoms and vaccines.

Infectious disease specialist Monica Gandhi, MD examines recent claims about the safety of thimerosal, a preservative used in ...

Rospotrebnadzor has strengthened its systematic approach to delivering medical assistance and currently collaborates with more than 30 countries across four continents ...

A World Bank-supported health project started in 2021 to contain the COVID-19 pandemic in Ukraine rapidly pivoted to help the country’s healthcare system respond to urgent needs caused by Russia’s ...

Some 2.6 billion people in 79 countries are covered by smoke-free policies in indoor public places, the WHO reports.

A senior World Health Organization (WHO) official says the US decision to halt aid programmes, coupled with European governments' announcements to cut aid, has disrupted the aid ecosystem and national ...